Semafor • Nov 12, 2025
Qatar earmarks $1B for Japan buyouts
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund launched a $2.5 billion Japan-focused private equity fund with ORIX, a Japanese financial services firm.
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Semafor • Nov 12, 2025
Goldman Sachs scores record $110M fee on EA sale
The US bank was the sole adviser to EA when it was bought by a consortium that included Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Semafor • Nov 12, 2025
Fossil fuel use could peak by 2030: International Energy Agency
Coal use is at or close to a peak, while oil and gas are set to follow in the next 10 years, the World Energy Outlook stated.
Semafor • Nov 12, 2025
Africa gets first continent-wide medical regulator
The launch is part of wide-ranging efforts to build up local pharmaceutical capacity and reduce dependence on foreign agencies and companies.
Semafor • Nov 12, 2025
US government shutdown set to end today
Republicans remain divided over a vote on health care subsidies that was the party’s central concession in securing the shutdown deal.
Semafor • Nov 12, 2025
Global wine production grows slightly from 60-year low
While some producers have struggled with cycles of drought and flooding, the warmer weather has expanded the territory where vines can grow.
Semafor • Nov 12, 2025
US allies cut intelligence sharing with US over Caribbean strikes
Colombia and the UK said that they would pause all or some intelligence sharing after US attacks on vessels in Caribbean killed dozens.
Semafor • Nov 12, 2025
UK jails Chinese crypto scammer
Qian Zhimin bought bitcoin using funds stolen from 120,000 Chinese people, mainly pensioners, before fleeing China for a London mansion in 2017.
Semafor • Nov 12, 2025
UK PM Keir Starmer likely to face leadership challenge
Slow economic growth and high levels of immigration have left Starmer the least popular British premier on record.
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